Section I. Standing Committees excluding MIAC and the Executive Committee
A) Members may give preferences as to which Standing Committee they wish to be voting members of, but the final Standing Committee memberships shall be decided upon by MIAC;
B) Each General Assembly member, with the exception of the Executive Vice President who may vote in both MIAC and the Executive Committee and other Vice Presidents who may vote in both their respective Standing Committees and the Executive Committee, must officially serve and vote on one and only one Standing Committee, Executive Committee, or Membership and Internal Affairs Committee, but may unofficially work on any committee;
C) The size of each Standing Committee shall be decided on a per annum basis by MIAC upon recommendations of Standing Committee Vice Presidents;
D) The names and functions of said Standing Committees shall be as follows:

1) The Administration and Faculty Relations Committee shall maintain liaisons with all those administration departments and faculty committees deemed necessary by the Vice President for Administration and Faculty Relations;
2) The Communications Committee shall handle Assembly publicity as well as the gathering of feedback from the student body;
3) The Academic Affairs Committee shall solicit student opinion regarding necessary academic changes and then research and accomplish these goals. This committee shall designate at least one member to research impending motions;
4) The Student Life Committee shall address social, residential, and cultural concerns of the Dartmouth Community. This committee shall designate at least one member to research impending motions;
5)The Student Services Committee shall address those concerns which enhance the day-to-day life of Dartmouth students. This committee shall designate at least one member to research impending motions;
6) The Student Organizations Committee shall address those issues and concerns encountered by campus organizations and brought to its attention by Student Organization Representatives. This Committee shall designate at least one member to research impending motions;

E) Each Vice President may, at his or her discretion, select a Vice-Chair from his or her committee to assist in the organization of his or her committee and to chair the committee in his or her absence;
F) The responsibilities of said Standing Committees shall include the following:

1) To serve as coordinating bodies for the resolution of issues which affect the student body in areas relevant to said committees;
2) To identify and address those needs and issues of student concern relevant to said committees;
3) To review proposed resolutions delegated to each respective committee and determine whether said resolutions should be brought to the Assembly floor by means of a majority vote of committee members;
4) To be respectively responsible for all follow up work and implementation requirements for all resolutions passed by the Assembly which originated from said committees;
5) The Administrative and Faculty Relations Committee shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of administrative documents released to it. Confidential material shall be kept in confidence within the Administrative and Faculty Relations Committee and the Executive Committee, until such information is released to the public;

Section II. MIAC
A) There shall be five members, including the Executive-Vice President;
B) Members of MIAC, excluding the Executive Vice President, shall be elected from among the General Assembly by a plurality vote of the General Assembly at the first organizational meeting of each Assembly in the spring term of a given academic year for service in the next academic year;
C) Election to MIAC shall proceed as follows:

1) Membership on MIAC shall be open to all Assembly members;
2) The candidates with the four highest vote totals in the in-Assembly election shall become members MIAC;
3) Each Assembly member shall be permitted to cast a maximum of four votes in said election;

D) The Executive Vice President shall serve as chair;
E) MIAC may, at its discretion, elect a Vice-Chair from among and by its members, who will serve on the Executive Committee;
F) The responsibilities of MIAC shall include:

1) To appoint student representatives to all Dartmouth College committees and councils where required;
2) To render judgment on General Voting Member applicants from petitions and confirm them to the General Assembly;
3) To confirm the Summer Assembly Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson by means of a majority vote;
4) To conduct a review of each Assembly Member twice per term. MIAC shall have the power to suggest removal from office pursuant to the procedures outlined in Article VII, Section II;

G) Requests in the form of petitions or nominations for appointment must be acted upon within three academic weeks after the petition or nomination is submitted;
H) Members of MIAC, excluding the Executive Vice President and the elected Vice-Chair, if applicable, shall not hold an Executive Office on the Assembly;
I) All MIAC meetings shall be closed except to members of said committee and those persons invited by the Executive Vice President, and Vice-Chair of MIAC;

Section III. Executive Committee
A) Voting members of the Executive Committee shall include the following: the President, Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Presidents of the Assembly;
B) Non-Voting members of the Executive Committee may include Chairpersons of Ad Hoc Committees, at the President's discretion, and the Presidential Assistant:

1) The status of Ad Hoc Committee Chairpersons must be made explicit at the creation of said committee, and may not be changed as long as the committee operates;
2) Chairpersons of Ad Hoc Committees may hold other Executive Office;

C) The responsibilities of the Executive Committee shall include the following:

1) To approve agendas for all meetings of the General Assembly;
2) To coordinate the activities of the Standing Committees of the Assembly;
3) To provide information on issues of policy and finance to General Assembly;
4) To finalize, in conjunction with the President, the Assembly agenda for the year;

D) All Executive Committee meetings shall be closed except to members of said committee and those persons invited by the President, with prior notification to members of the Executive Committee;

Section IV. Ad Hoc Committees
A) Ad Hoc Committees may be formed and dissolved at the discretion of the Executive Committee with majority rule;
B) Ad Hoc Committees are to be formed to address extraordinary issues and concerns for which the Standing Committee structure is inadequate;
C) Membership in Ad Hoc Committees shall be open to all Assembly members;
D) Membership in Ad Hoc Committees shall be open to the student body at the discretion of the Executive Committee;
E) Ad Hoc Committee Chairpersons shall not exceed two in number;
F) Ad Hoc Committee Chairpersons shall be Assembly members prior to selection as Chairpersons;
G) The Executive Committee shall be responsible for determining the processes for nomination and confirmation of Ad Hoc Committee Chairpersons with majority rule;